Life and Travel in China

Life for many Chinese is becoming very formulaic: school - university - girl/boy - quick engagement according to the parents' will - wedding - apartment - car - child. Many of these people do not even notice that they are becoming very boring and monotonous to others. Recently, I witnessed two young Chinese women talking about housing prices in Ningbo. One of them became so engaged in the conversation that she almost started screaming with excitement. Some of my wife's friends can talk about children all day long. At dinner they talk about breastfeeding, vomiting and diarrhea in babies. I have already mentioned driving lessons and dream cars! They become really predictable, boring and ordinary, they become one big mass of middle-income Chinese, family is important to them, but the main tool for their happiness is money. There is enormous pressure from society to be wealthy, resourceful and rich. I know several girls who got married just because the guy already had an apartment and a car. This is usually what shy or not very handsome Chinese people do. They are trying to earn a lot of money, buy an apartment, a car, and find a fianc

My wife's assistant has been dating some military guy lately. The meetings were arranged by the girl's mother and the soldier's sister. I recently said that since he is a Chinese military man, he may be a bit brainwashed. My wife told me that he admitted it himself. He said that Americans and English have mental problems after the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, there were a series of suicides and depressions. This Chinese man said that their soldier never has a problem with it. They are so brainwashed, they have been subjected to such strong propaganda for several years that they always believe that they are working for a just cause. If they sent him to quell a riot or strike, they would have no problem killing defenseless people. As he put it: for them it's just like a roadblock that needs to be destroyed. Cool guys! I now know how they deal with the Uyghurs and Tibetans.

The previous entry reminds me of another statement... a friend of mine who is doing very well is the head of the office of a pharmaceutical company. He has a wife, they recently had a child, he has already bought an apartment in a quite friendly environment for China, and he already has a private car (as if his company car was bothering him). Well, recently at dinner he said what can the Chinese do? Nothing! They won't stand against the army, they don't have weapons or tanks. They can only agree with the authorities and accept everything, as he put it, they must adapt to Chinese conditions! It immediately reminded me of Tian An Men. This friend said that since there is one communist party in China, nothing will change. We do not entirely share his opinion, because in this way the 40 million mafia under the banner of the communist party exploits one billion people. These people will always be docile, obedient, they have no rights or privileges, only obligations to their homeland. Of course, a huge group of people who are prosperous do not care at all about changes in China, about justice, human rights, equality and the rule of law. These are foreign concepts to them, what matters is that they earn money in a legal or illegal way. As you can see, there is a large group of people who do not need and do not want changes, and they certainly will not go to the barricades to fight for changes in the Middle Kingdom.

We constantly hear about China's development and great economic power. The truth is that the Middle Kingdom is a big dragon on wooden legs. It is not a developing or superpower country at all. Most statistics and data are false! The government manipulates numbers and influences foreign opinions about China. If China were such a great power, there would be no beggars on the streets, all Chinese would have equal and unlimited access to education and health care, the country's development would be equal, uniform and would apply to all social groups and classes, there would be a pension and insurance system, and social assistance. Currently, no worker or farmer has the right to vote, they have no right to establish any organizations or unions, and no one cares about their interests or rights. The communist party controls every aspect of life! The middle class is closely dependent on the government and it is naive to assume that rich Chinese will lead to democracy. There are still many companies that make losses, but these losses are covered by money from banks, the banks are state-owned, so the party decides on the flow of funds. Many companies operate on loans, which they often do not have to repay. The differences will be covered from state money, the same money is used for travel, lunches and dinners, entertainment, bars, massages, prostitutes... Many state-owned companies do not have to worry about a negative balance at all. All data is false and some is even hidden. Of course, the number of rich people increases, but they are usually directly or indirectly linked to the party. The functioning of this country is still based on the exploitation of a billion people by several million. The whole success lies in using this army of people, manipulating them, presenting every mistake to them as a success of the party, so that such people never expect much, but give a lot of themselves through hard work, so that they simply allow themselves to be exploited. So far, it's all working quite smoothly thanks to propaganda and censorship. And this is how a supposedly big economy is created.

Since this year, national mourning has become very popular in China. Sometimes I have the impression that they saw this in Poland after the death of John Paul II, after the crash of the government plane... today is a day of mourning in the Middle Kingdom. Most websites are in black and white, many entertainment channels have been suspended on television, there are no films on demand, and television shows people's drama. Mourning is a marketing tool of the communist government. It perfectly unites the nation, you can easily brainwash them, manipulate the masses, and divert attention from other problems. You can't blame the government for natural disasters?! However, this tragedy can be used for marketing and propaganda. See: the government sympathizes, the government cares about ordinary citizens, the government helps you, supports you, the government sends troops and equipment to help everyone. Everything must be filmed and constantly shown on TV. The average Chinese citizen buys these cartoons very quickly. He trusts the authorities, believes in their help and 'good heart'. Interestingly, a few years earlier they never counted the victims and didn't care about anything. Now they see how powerful national mourning is. It's a pity that they treat the victims as tools for their propaganda show!